I have two daughters. They're ages five and seven. In these years they have managed to amass a boggling amount of Barbies. (And Polly Pockets, but you've already heard about that.)

Yesterday, in an effort to put our home in some sort of order before yet another school year is upon us, I had the girls clean their rooms. And then for fun, I took a photo of all those Barbies. Ten Barbies, plus a Flairy and two mini Kelly-sister-of-Barbie dolls.

Of course, then I realized there were tons more Barbies lurking in drawers and secret hiding places. Are you ready for this? 21 Barbies, 1 Boy Doll (I think from High School Musical), 1 Flairy, and 2 mini dolls.*

I'll be honest, it didn't really seem so bad. Then we went downstairs. Where there were more, oh so many more. Final Barbie over-consumption tally? 27 Barbies, 1 Boy Doll, 2 Flairies, and 3 mini dolls.

It's actually sorta funny that my daughters have so many Barbies, as I am not really a fan myself (for all the usual feminist reasons) and Barbies were not a part of my childhood (again, because my mom had the same feminist reasoning).

Magpie and Kay - I can't wait to see what you think of this collection when you're adults, and perhaps, feminists too.

My daughter (2.5) just got her first Cinderella (fake) Barbie from Nana. I am very much trying to avoid getting more of them this early on...but my admonitions haven't worked with the "please no more pink" messages, so I doubt they'll work with Barbie-like dolls. Sigh.

I remember really enjoying playing with Barbie (also a fake one). My friends had a PlayHouse and a Ken. They had a lot of sex. Even in the car. My Barbie ended up at the top of a very tall fir tree during a "Who can throw her Barbie higher?" contest.

Oh It's a wild Barbie Party... WHAT!! only 1 boy doll. I talked about my dd collection a few yrs ago and she had 2 boy dolls. 1 was NOT KEN> you know prince charming from Cinderella we had 2 LOL. I thought if Barbie is going to have a man around should be a good one. :D

I wasn't allowed to have Barbies, and didn't, until my parents went away for a long weekend and the babysitter (grown daughter of a friend of theirs) said "gosh, you don't have barbies? do you want my old ones...?" My parents came home to one VERY happy seven year old. I did have the Sunshine Family Dolls, do you remember them? (And I won't even mention that GI Joe's hand was the exact curve of Barbies...well, you can figure it out)...